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. >> mitt romney is trying to turn the momentum from his debate performance. >> polls show mitt romney got a bounce. >> new polls. >> into a political tidal wave on the campaign trail. >> mitt romney will say absolutely anything to get elected. >> at the debate he said he's not going to cut taxes for the wealthy. in the primary he said he's going to cut taxes for everyone. >> i'm going to lower rates across the board for all americans. isn't that a change? >> let me repeat what i said. >> lying, denying and alibiing. >> is that leadership? >> we can't debate the debate. >> the war continues. >> let's move on. >> we are awaiting a major foreign policy address. >> romney boiled down the president's foreign policy to one of hope. >> hope is not a strategy. >> but on actual foreign policy romney's specifics were rather thin. >> i'll support the libyan's people efforts to support a lasting government. >> how about iran? >> prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. >> that's the same. >> this is the same guy who couldn't even go to the olympics. >> he will say anything, he will
. >> mitt romney is trying to turn the momentum from his debate performance. >> polls show mitt romney got a bounce. >> new polls. >> into a political tidal wave on the campaign trail. >> mitt romney will say absolutely anything to get elected. >> at the debate he said he's not going to cut taxes for the wealthy. in the primary he said he's going to cut taxes for everyone. >> i'm going to lower rates across the board for all americans. isn't that a...
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what paul ryan did not do to mitt romney's poll numbers. karen finney and jonathan capehart will join me. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, ask your doctor if including advair could help improve your lung function. get your first full prescription free and save on refills at advaircopd.com. with our babysitter. no. these work, right? no. all right. mom! look what i
what paul ryan did not do to mitt romney's poll numbers. karen finney and jonathan capehart will join me. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden...
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in the four days prior to mitt romney's vp announcement, romney polled at 46%, president obama at 45%. in the four days after the vp announcement, mitt romney pulled at a statistically insignificant one point higher. that's in the margin of error, and the president remained at 45%. joining me now, msnbc's joy reid and richard wolffe, who i believe has spent more than a day and a half. you're ahead of nancy -- >> two and a half somedaydays. >> you're ahead of nancy o'dell. >> only in that regard. she beats me in the gravitas. >> richard, in the back and forth, where the dialogue is right now is not where the romney campaign expected it to be -- >> no. >> -- midweek after this vp announcement. where did they think they were going to be at this point? >> well, they thought the excitement would be overwhelming, that they would fire up the base to the point where they could lead this conversation, and it would be a conversation connecting deficit cutting with creating jobs. and that's obviously not where we're at. because we've never got beyond the scary parts of the ryan budget, and the f
in the four days prior to mitt romney's vp announcement, romney polled at 46%, president obama at 45%. in the four days after the vp announcement, mitt romney pulled at a statistically insignificant one point higher. that's in the margin of error, and the president remained at 45%. joining me now, msnbc's joy reid and richard wolffe, who i believe has spent more than a day and a half. you're ahead of nancy -- >> two and a half somedaydays. >> you're ahead of nancy o'dell. >>...
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. >> mitt romney also campaigned in ohio tonight where he continued to pretend that the polls are pointing his way. >> we are taking back america and it is coming soon. >> but he is not taking it back. >> in nevada president obama leads by 50 points and mit romney is not taking opcolorado. >> new pp robopolling, shows in wisconsin the president leads. in north carolina, president obama and miz are tie at 48%. tonight ed silver as the 48-year-old storm. so, crystal ball, the romney thing doesn't apply to the sing states where he needs it to apply. well,ing it doesn't apply in the national polls either. out of those polls the one that has to be the most distrucking one of those having abin vebl path. i don't see how that is going to happen. the debates are done. they don't seem to have anything in the bag. >> let's take a look at the new obama add. >> it is said that character is what we do when we think nobody is looking. mitt romney thought no one is looking when he attacked 47% of americans. it will make cuts to education. so remember what he said and what his plan will do. >> it is a str
. >> mitt romney also campaigned in ohio tonight where he continued to pretend that the polls are pointing his way. >> we are taking back america and it is coming soon. >> but he is not taking it back. >> in nevada president obama leads by 50 points and mit romney is not taking opcolorado. >> new pp robopolling, shows in wisconsin the president leads. in north carolina, president obama and miz are tie at 48%. tonight ed silver as the 48-year-old storm. so, crystal...
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you take a few of those points directly from romney. >> well, that's that poll. i'm talking about my poll from talking with people on the street. and we are going to get some voters from obama. but really we're going to bring in a lot of conservative voters that weren't going to go vote. i've had people tell me it's
you take a few of those points directly from romney. >> well, that's that poll. i'm talking about my poll from talking with people on the street. and we are going to get some voters from obama. but really we're going to bring in a lot of conservative voters that weren't going to go vote. i've had people tell me it's
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. >> over a windfall of new polling. >> we're seeing polls all over the place. >> mitt romney got a debate bounce. >> we cannot turn back now. >> the narrative about who's up, who's down in this race for the white house. >> it's a race that is anything but settled. >> there will be plenty of ups and downs over the next 28 days. >> just 28 days until election. >> are you in? are you ready for this? 28 days. are you with me? >>> tonight with 28 days until the presidential election, the head of the evolution-denying party got this question about evolution. >> that 47% comment that you made that's caused you a lot of grieve as you know. there's been a change in wrur position. you were initially saying when that tape came out that you weren't exactly elegantly stating your position. later and more recently you said you were completely wrong. i'm curious, governor, how did that evolution in your thinking go on from the initial reaction once that tape came out to what you said the other day that you were completely wrong? >> well, what i'm saying is that -- the words that came out were not what i
. >> over a windfall of new polling. >> we're seeing polls all over the place. >> mitt romney got a debate bounce. >> we cannot turn back now. >> the narrative about who's up, who's down in this race for the white house. >> it's a race that is anything but settled. >> there will be plenty of ups and downs over the next 28 days. >> just 28 days until election. >> are you in? are you ready for this? 28 days. are you with me? >>>...
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. >> it shows that obama is reading romney 40-55 but when we put your name into the poll, the president's numbers hold at 50 and romneyoe
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start winning these polls. the romney campaign stick their heads in the sand say business as usual, i think that is very dangerous. >> tonight nate silver's blog forecasts president obama will within 213 elek torl votes. mitt romney has a 20% chance of winning the election as of now. krystal ball, laura ingraham thinks the best thing for romney to do is win. would that mean rig the polls, just get in there and play with the numbers? >> you're asking me to get inside of laura ingraham's head which i don't think i'm capable of doing. >> it's interesting, because the advice has been all across the board to the extent there has been advice given. and a lot of people like limbaugh, and o-riley, are saying you've got to be more ideological. you've got to move harder to the right. and you're seeing already the fissures developing of what the conversations will be if they do lose in november and where the republican party is going to want to go. you can hear them positioning themselves to say real conservatism wasn't o
start winning these polls. the romney campaign stick their heads in the sand say business as usual, i think that is very dangerous. >> tonight nate silver's blog forecasts president obama will within 213 elek torl votes. mitt romney has a 20% chance of winning the election as of now. krystal ball, laura ingraham thinks the best thing for romney to do is win. would that mean rig the polls, just get in there and play with the numbers? >> you're asking me to get inside of laura...
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unlikely voters in north carolina president obama polls at 48% and mitt romney at 46%. is there any point to team obama making any adds for the rest of the campaign that do not include a 47% reference. there should be temporary tattoos with the number 47% that everybody wears on their foreheads on every campaign rally. this had proved to be beyond a turning point in the campaign. it has been devastating for mitt romney. he has been on the record talking about dismissing half the country. you know, it is, it is in some ways, i would say this. as someone that believes that there need to be a point and counter point it is a travesty for the republican party, it is evidence of a party that is at war with itself. it is you know an example of how weak the gop has gotten on fundamental issues that are at the root of conservativism and a tragedy in the long-term. you just saw laura ingram give up. they are not all giving up. i find that arguing with the polls fascinating. there is an industry that has now grown up around poll denials. i remember the winning days of the 2004 cam
unlikely voters in north carolina president obama polls at 48% and mitt romney at 46%. is there any point to team obama making any adds for the rest of the campaign that do not include a 47% reference. there should be temporary tattoos with the number 47% that everybody wears on their foreheads on every campaign rally. this had proved to be beyond a turning point in the campaign. it has been devastating for mitt romney. he has been on the record talking about dismissing half the country. you...
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romney argued that this view was acceptable under the doctrine of free agency and he used the poll data to close the sale. if he didn't frame his position as pro-choice, he'd lose. many of the church leaders were unhappy with romney's formulation, but if they wanted him in the senate, this was the best they were going to get. will, that is as strange a political religious meeting as i've ever read of. >> and that's classic romney. you know, romney -- it was the beginning of a pattern that has characterized his whole career. here's a guy who comes from a background that is pro-life. he's a mormon. he's a believing mormon about abortion. and he's got a mom who's pro-choice. and he's got this personal experience of a woman in his family who died from an illegal abortion. and he essentially can play the issue either way. depending on which side of his heart he emphasizes. he's kind of like a running back, who just sees the defender coming and sort of steps this way, then the other way, and it's back and forth and back and forth. navigating his way through the political minefield. and that s
romney argued that this view was acceptable under the doctrine of free agency and he used the poll data to close the sale. if he didn't frame his position as pro-choice, he'd lose. many of the church leaders were unhappy with romney's formulation, but if they wanted him in the senate, this was the best they were going to get. will, that is as strange a political religious meeting as i've ever read of. >> and that's classic romney. you know, romney -- it was the beginning of a pattern that...
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. >> the new nbc news/wall street journal poll asked voters how romney's tax returns on the federal income tax rate that he pays makes themes feel. 6% say they feel more positive about him because he pays such tiny taxes. 36% say they feel more negative about him. 41% not much different. 17% didn't know enough. krystal, those are pretty problematic numbers politically. >> they're problematic numbers, especially when you have a very close election, a very close race. when you have ads made, that message is only going to get out there more and more. i love the fact that under paul ryan's plan mitt romney would pay less than 1% prk b, but we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that he pays 13%. it's somewhat offensive that paul ryan, who's also very wealthy is actually paying a higher tax rate than mitt romney. it doesn't make any sense. and it illustrates how they are two sets of rules in this country. and i think the gawker documents also illustrate that. there's one set of rules for people like mitt romney who can pay per these elaborate tax avoidance schemes and there's another stet of rules
. >> the new nbc news/wall street journal poll asked voters how romney's tax returns on the federal income tax rate that he pays makes themes feel. 6% say they feel more positive about him because he pays such tiny taxes. 36% say they feel more negative about him. 41% not much different. 17% didn't know enough. krystal, those are pretty problematic numbers politically. >> they're problematic numbers, especially when you have a very close election, a very close race. when you have...
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the polls he showed president obama up eight pst state. now suffolk university poll shows the president at 6%. the presidt remind wwa said. >> i have always said that change takes more than one term or more than one president. it takes more than one party. i can't happen if you write out half the nation before you take office. t el otgor me.how many of y but, i'll be fightin for you no matter what. i'm not fighting to create democratic jobs or republican jobs,'m fighting t create american jobs. >> today the omae-ti ai released it's third add hitting mitt romney for insulting and lying about 47% of americans. >> 47% of people will vote for the president who are -- belve that they are vicmsel that government has the responsibility to care for them and believe that they are entitled to health care and housing and you name it. my job is not toorry about those people. >> rush limbaugh is still struggling to find an honest way to defend mit romney's comments on the 47%. >> obama is saying tt 47% pereot victims. he is putting words in romney's mo
the polls he showed president obama up eight pst state. now suffolk university poll shows the president at 6%. the presidt remind wwa said. >> i have always said that change takes more than one term or more than one president. it takes more than one party. i can't happen if you write out half the nation before you take office. t el otgor me.how many of y but, i'll be fightin for you no matter what. i'm not fighting to create democratic jobs or republican jobs,'m fighting t create american...
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a new "time" magazine poll of ohio likely voters shows president obama leading romney by 5 points. there is no better and a list of electoral college maps than charlie cook who says if obama carries ohio and wisconsin where he is ahead in most polling, he gets the 270 with one electoral vote to spare. so romney could sweep colorado, florida, iowa and new hampshire and still come up short. today, nate silver forecasts that on november 6th, president obama has a 68% chance of winning re-election and president obama will win 288 electoral college votes and mitt romney will win 250. richard wolf, i know you were watching the president there. >> i wish i could have been there. >> you were there last time. four years ago that was you who wasn't sleeping. >> it brings back such fun memories. >> what is it like out there when they're on this final 13 days. there's nothing quite like it, is there? >> no, there's also nothing like the consumption of empty calories that you need to sustain you through those moments. the crowds are huge at this point i think the press and the candidates are we
a new "time" magazine poll of ohio likely voters shows president obama leading romney by 5 points. there is no better and a list of electoral college maps than charlie cook who says if obama carries ohio and wisconsin where he is ahead in most polling, he gets the 270 with one electoral vote to spare. so romney could sweep colorado, florida, iowa and new hampshire and still come up short. today, nate silver forecasts that on november 6th, president obama has a 68% chance of winning...
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it's history, i'm running under the romney plan, and that's it. otherwise, you're going to end up in the weeds and distracted. >> a new gallup poll shows congressman ryan is a member of the worst-rated u.s. congress in modern history. 10% of americans approve of congress, tying the lowest reading in gallup's 38-year history of that poll. 83% of americans disapprove of congress. a new politico report reveals what republicans, some republicans, really think of mitt romney's vp pick. "in more than three dozen interviews with republican strategists and campaign operatives, the most common reactions to ryan ranged from gnawing apprehension to hair-on-fire anger that romney has practically ceded the election. it means romney/ryan can run on principles and provide some real direction and vision for the republican party and probably lose, maybe big, said former president george w. bush's senior adviser, mark mckinnon." rush limbaugh read that politico article and concluded that those republicans are trying to sabotage the romney campaign. >> what they're
it's history, i'm running under the romney plan, and that's it. otherwise, you're going to end up in the weeds and distracted. >> a new gallup poll shows congressman ryan is a member of the worst-rated u.s. congress in modern history. 10% of americans approve of congress, tying the lowest reading in gallup's 38-year history of that poll. 83% of americans disapprove of congress. a new politico report reveals what republicans, some republicans, really think of mitt romney's vp pick....
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a new poll shows president obama inn tsadmi romney in ohio, which is where abc news found mitt romney tonight and confronted him about the heavy words he dropped on 47% of the american people. >> about the people yosaid you ose y words. ie to take >> what i'm talking about is a political process. i don't expect to get 100% of the vote. i hope to get 50-plus % and make sure i get the nt president. >> that was his answer to the worst possle thing he could have said in his cpaig tt was the best he could respond with. notice that no where in that answer does mitt romney attempt to actually repair the damage of his secretly recorded words. he simply says i'm just trying to get more than 50% of the vote. no word of explanation. no attempt of an apology to any w d saisricavote wave >> 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. all right? there are 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon vernment, who believe they are victims, who believe that they artitoltre food, to housing. they pay no income tax. >> president obama has no intention of allowing mitt romney to ru
a new poll shows president obama inn tsadmi romney in ohio, which is where abc news found mitt romney tonight and confronted him about the heavy words he dropped on 47% of the american people. >> about the people yosaid you ose y words. ie to take >> what i'm talking about is a political process. i don't expect to get 100% of the vote. i hope to get 50-plus % and make sure i get the nt president. >> that was his answer to the worst possle thing he could have said in his cpaig...
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new polls show just how much the tapes have hert mitt romney. and he was caught in a lie today about his secret tax returns. >>> and in voter suppression news, a big win for voters in a pennsylvania courtroom today. and in the rewrite, the only way mitt romney can win the debate, it was all laid out for him by the best republican presidential debater ever, who was of course a fictional character in the t.v. series olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? we might still be making mix tapes. find this. pause this. play this. eject this. write this. it's like the days before esurance express lane™. you had to find a b
new polls show just how much the tapes have hert mitt romney. and he was caught in a lie today about his secret tax returns. >>> and in voter suppression news, a big win for voters in a pennsylvania courtroom today. and in the rewrite, the only way mitt romney can win the debate, it was all laid out for him by the best republican presidential debater ever, who was of course a fictional character in the t.v. series olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit...
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mitt romney winning someing but they obviously don't have any such polls. rush limbaugh's audience is of course distraught about what the polls are telling them. but rush is ready with an explanation for all the t udofrse e fo newsoll owinpresent obama with a significant lead. >> the purpose of the people right now, most of them doing these polls, they're trying to make news, not reflect it. they're all democrats. they're all liberals. s .oin ysi they want you thinking it's over for what you believe. and that makes you stay home and not vote. that's what they're hoping. that's why you have to fight it every day, stephan. >> the 47% of the american people who mitt roey decided mp friwhhed lie about in a thought only his super rich friends were listening have now taken over the presidential campaign. >> what he said is not my job to worry about these people. well, whose job is it? ladind gtl, were brother's keeper. we are one nation under god. we are all in this together. and if the 47% doesn't make it, the country esn't make it. >> in tonight's nate silver >
mitt romney winning someing but they obviously don't have any such polls. rush limbaugh's audience is of course distraught about what the polls are telling them. but rush is ready with an explanation for all the t udofrse e fo newsoll owinpresent obama with a significant lead. >> the purpose of the people right now, most of them doing these polls, they're trying to make news, not reflect it. they're all democrats. they're all liberals. s .oin ysi they want you thinking it's over for what...
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we now see in some of these polls with mitt romney only polling at 14% with latino voters. so as the country has changed, so too as the republican party. and it has changed in the wrong direction. this is a dynamic electorate. it's a growing electorate. if you had george bush at 44%, if romney was able to meet those numbers, he would be doing incredibly well with hispanics and it would actually put him at margins of victories in a lot of states, but instead he's having a very big problem with this demographic, in large part because the republican primary has made it very difficult to go into the general electorate and be palatable to a general electorate that is now much more diverse. >> professor abramowitz, the numbers that you've studied are exactly the kind of thing that karl rove was a master of studying and probably still is. and he, within the republican party, has privately and semi-publicly been sounding the alarm about what's happening to the republican message, among the voters that alicia was just talking about. is that what you found looking into these numbers?
we now see in some of these polls with mitt romney only polling at 14% with latino voters. so as the country has changed, so too as the republican party. and it has changed in the wrong direction. this is a dynamic electorate. it's a growing electorate. if you had george bush at 44%, if romney was able to meet those numbers, he would be doing incredibly well with hispanics and it would actually put him at margins of victories in a lot of states, but instead he's having a very big problem with...
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new polls show just how much the tapes have hert mitt romney. and he was caught in a lie today about his secret tax returns. >>> and in voter suppression news, a big win for voters in a pennsylvania courtroom today. and in the rewrite, the only way mitt romney can win the debate, it was all laid out for him by the best republican presidential debater ever, who was of course a fictional character in the t.v. series "the west wing." nd.. ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. to start her own interior design business. she's got a growing list of clients she keeps in touch with using e-mail marketing from constantcontact.com. constantcontact is easy and affordable. it lets her send out updates and photos that showcase her expertise and inspire her customers for only $15 a month. [ dog barking ] her dream -- to be the area's hottest interior design o
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the president's favorability is now 52 in that poll. mitt romney's is at 41. romney's unfavorable is at 45, which, as they say, is underwater on that. it's a big jump, though. a big improvement for romney, who in april had a favorability of only 35. president had a four-point higher favorability of 56. so that favorability gap is closing. but the president still has a significant lead over romney with it. that is the polling that indicates there's a vulnerability for romney on character. >> oh, i absolutely agree. i mean, i wouldn't read too much into the jump in his favorability. a lot of that is just republicans who waited forever to get blind mitt romney. finally at this late day saying, yeah, we like the guy. we're with him. a lot of that is at work there. i'm thinking of the slogan you just quoted from john's piece there. whether they use it or not, there's another aspect of the massachusetts record that speaks directly to it. one of the reasons why romney left massachusetts and so unpopular is because he quit on the job half way through. he was elected i
the president's favorability is now 52 in that poll. mitt romney's is at 41. romney's unfavorable is at 45, which, as they say, is underwater on that. it's a big jump, though. a big improvement for romney, who in april had a favorability of only 35. president had a four-point higher favorability of 56. so that favorability gap is closing. but the president still has a significant lead over romney with it. that is the polling that indicates there's a vulnerability for romney on character....
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re-election campaign is encouraged by a new poll out today that shows president obama leading mitt romney among swing state independent voters. now, these are the voters who usually decide the outcome in the general election, and it seems the president is ahead of mitt romney with these voters, mostly because they like president obama and they just don't much like mitt romney. the poll from the third way surveyed independent voters in these 12 swing states. among those voters, president obama leads mitt romney 44 to 38%. 57% view president obama favorably and 35% view him unfavorably. while only 41% view mitt romney favorably and basically the same amount, 40%, view him unfavorably. "saturday night live" opened the show this weekend with a rendering of mitt romney that seizes on the with one constant in romney's 20-year political career. he will always try to say whatever his audience wants to hear, whether that's an audience of liberal massachusetts voters in 1994 or conservative republican primary voters this year. >> following his primary victories last tuesday in wisconsin, maryland,
re-election campaign is encouraged by a new poll out today that shows president obama leading mitt romney among swing state independent voters. now, these are the voters who usually decide the outcome in the general election, and it seems the president is ahead of mitt romney with these voters, mostly because they like president obama and they just don't much like mitt romney. the poll from the third way surveyed independent voters in these 12 swing states. among those voters, president obama...
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today in that poll president obama leads mitt romney by five points. rush limbaugh thinks polls showing president obama's lead are of course a media conspiracy. >> the polls now are just being used, it's another tool of voter suppression. i want to depress the heck out of you and they want to suppress your vote. i know that romney is not ideal and he ticks you off. this election isn't about him. he may as well be elmer fud. as for as we're concerned, we're voting against obama. >> the plit column reports that elmer if you'd advisors privately lament that state by state numbers are working in the president's favor. the map has many more roots to victory, said a top republican official. a new poll of ohio likely voters shows president obama leading mitt romney by five points, 50% to 45%. president obama won ohio in 2008, bush won ohio in 2004 and 2000. no republican has ever won the presidency without winning ohio. on november 6th president obama will win 319 votes, mitt romney will win 219. and president has an 81% chance of winning the election. mitt r
today in that poll president obama leads mitt romney by five points. rush limbaugh thinks polls showing president obama's lead are of course a media conspiracy. >> the polls now are just being used, it's another tool of voter suppression. i want to depress the heck out of you and they want to suppress your vote. i know that romney is not ideal and he ticks you off. this election isn't about him. he may as well be elmer fud. as for as we're concerned, we're voting against obama. >>...
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>>> a new poll shows mitt romney gaining ground with women voters. is the republican strategy of 50 shades of mitt actually work sng karen finney and judith gray join us next. and in the rewrite tonight, the lies newt gingrich uses to diffuse the lies of the bloating ignoramous. newt insists there's nothing racist about the pid piper of racism himself says. that's coming up e piper of racism himself says. that's coming up [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how a shipping giant can befriend a forest may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook narrator... [ man ] you're left with more electric trucks. more recycled shipping materials... and a growing number of lower emissions planes... which still makes for a pretty enchanted tale. ♪ la la la [ man ] whoops, forgot one... [ male announcer ] sustainable solutions. fedex. solutions that matter. do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me. this is so off c
>>> a new poll shows mitt romney gaining ground with women voters. is the republican strategy of 50 shades of mitt actually work sng karen finney and judith gray join us next. and in the rewrite tonight, the lies newt gingrich uses to diffuse the lies of the bloating ignoramous. newt insists there's nothing racist about the pid piper of racism himself says. that's coming up e piper of racism himself says. that's coming up [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how a shipping giant...